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Hurricanes and Cyclones: Articles, Information, News and Facts

How Are Hurricanes Named?

Hurricane Names: How are hurricanes named? Is your name on the list of future hurricanes?.

Suspended Sediment

Gulf Sediment Plumes: Tropical Storm Ida churned up Gulf sediment.

Ike's Storm Surge

Ike's Storm Surge Flooding: Image of the Louisiana and Texas coast showing the impact of Ike's storm surge.

If it is not grown, it is mined.

Storm Surge

What is a Storm Surge? The most damaging and deadly product of a hurricane!

Oil is found first in the mind.

Hurricane Insurance

Homeowner's Insurance and Hurricanes: Most policies do not cover hurricane damage.

Louisiana Subsidence

Louisiana Coastal Subsidence: The Mississippi Delta and Gulf Coast are sinking. Learn why.

Before and After Ike

Hurricane Ike Photos: Before and after photos of Hurricane Ike's storm surge damage.

The present is the key to the past.

Hurricane News

Snow Hurricane Hits the East Coast: Many people are using the term "snow hurricane"...

Haiti: Minimizing Damage of Natural Disasters: Natural disasters are inevitable, but the severe damage...

State Farm Drops Insurance of 125,000 Florida Homeowners: State Farm Insurance requested a 47% rate increase...

Tropical Storm Magda Rainfall in 3D: The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite has...

Haiti : Katrina Comparisons?: Kathleen Tierney, a professor of sociology and behavioral...

Tropical Cyclone Laurence: Tropical Cyclone Laurence has caused oil and gas...

Cyclone Cleo at Highest Intensity: NASA satellites have observed winds of 100 knots...

Army Corps Liable for New Orleans Flooding: An article at EarthMagazine.org summarizes the case in...

New Solution for Broken Levees: PLUGS: A simple solution for levee failure has been...

Typhoon Nida now Tropical Storm: This page has recent news on Tropical Storm...

Geology underlies it all.